Hobbes’ Iliad and Odyssey: Short, Brutish Epics about Poor, Solitary Lives

• In Event: Political Uses of Art: What's Lost and Found in Translation?

Brief Overview

As Hobbes' translation of Homer's epics reveals, Hobbes envisioned a polity where the strongest of human relationships would be sapped of their power and hence of their potential to threaten political stability.

Author

• Michelle Marie Kundmueller, Old Dominion University